Women with familial hypercholesterolemia phenotype are undertreated and poorly controlled compared to men

Women with familial hypercholesterolemia phenotype are undertreated and poorly controlled compared to men

Abstract Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an autosomal dominant disease that has a prevalence of approximately 1/250 inhabitants and is the most frequent cause of early coronary heart disease (CHD). We included 1.343.973 women and 1.210.671 men with at least one LDL-c measurement from the Catal...

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Main Authors: Alberto Zamora, Rafel Ramos, Marc Comas-Cufi, María García-Gil, Ruth Martí-Lluch, Nuria Plana, Lia Alves-Cabratosa, Anna Ponjoan, Celia Rodríguez-Borjabad, Daiana Ibarretxe, Irene Roman-Degano, Jaume Marrugat, Roberto Elosua, Anabel Martín-Urda, Lluis Masana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-27963-z

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-27963-z

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